This axis brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
When he reached the age to work with him, he said, “My son, I see in a dream that I am slaughtering you, so see what you think.”
Brief reading
Shahrur cites it as an example of a vision in a dream, to distinguish it from the ordinary meaning of sight.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Seeing in a dream: 2
- Vision: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to determining the meaning of vision according to the narrative context.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 2
Uses
- Religion and Authority, p. 13: He cites the verse as an example for distinguishing between literal sight and figurative/dream sight, to establish that meaning is determined by context, not by synonymy.
- Concept: Seeing in a dream
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual citation: «“And seeing by the eye in the mode of truth and seeing by the heart in the mode of metaphor, in His saying—on the tongue of Abraham to his son: {When he reached the age to work with him… see what you think…} (As-Saffat: 102)”»
- The Qur’anic Stories vol. 2, p. 177: He makes the verse an example of the vision that comes in a dream, to distinguish it from ordinary dreams and to affirm its prophetic, unseen dimension.
- Concept: Vision
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual citation: «And its example is Abraham’s saying to his son Ishmael {… My son, I see in a dream that I am slaughtering you…} (As-Saffat 102)»
Related books
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